New Deal Photography
America's Great Depression through the lens of FSA photographers like Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans. This powerful collection showcases over 200 black-and-white and color images - from Lange's iconic Migrant Mother to forgotten rural struggles - documenting resilience amid economic crisis.
Organized by region with firsthand photographer accounts, the book reveals how FSA artists humanized poverty while shaping documentary photography. A vital historical record and artistic achievement, it preserves the dignity of subjects who defined an era.
America's Great Depression through the lens of FSA photographers like Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans. This powerful collection showcases over 200 black-and-white and color images - from Lange's iconic Migrant Mother to forgotten rural struggles - documenting resilience amid economic crisis.
Organized by region with firsthand photographer accounts, the book reveals how FSA artists humanized poverty while shaping documentary photography. A vital historical record and artistic achievement, it preserves the dignity of subjects who defined an era.
W 6 x H 8 x D 1.5 in
- 2.2 lb
- 608 pages
- Printed in Bosnia & Herzegowina
- Released on 6/23/16
- Hardcover
- ISBN: 9783836537117
- Published By Taschen
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